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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Taxi!: A Social History of the New York City Cabdriver

Taxi!: A Social History of the New York City Cabdriver

Hodges, Graham Russell Gao

Paperback

AutomobilesGeneral World HistoryRegional: Middle Atlantic

ISBN10: 0814738761
ISBN13: 9780814738764
Publisher: New York Univ Pr
Published: Mar 1 2012
Pages: 225
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.77 Depth: 8.66
Language: English

New York City cabdrivers hold a unique place in American culture writ large. Cabbies proverbially counsel, console, and confound. Sometimes perceived as the key to street-level opinion or mysterious savants who don't speak much English, the hackers who move New Yorkers have been integral to the city's growth and culture since the mid-nineteenth century when they first began shuttling residents, workers, and visitors in horse-drawn carriages. Their importance grew with the introduction of gasoline-powered cars early last century and continues to the present day, when more than 12,000 licensed yellow cabs operate in Manhattan alone.

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